What is Book Bathing? Maybe you’ve heard of forest bathing, a mindfulness practice that began in Japan in the 1980s. We are putting on our spin on it in an effort to promote wellness.
This practice encourages participants to center themselves in the present moment and engage your senses in the library space. Part meditation, part imaginative wandering, book bathing invites you to reimagine the library’s physical space and your relationship to it.
Grab your headphones and click play on this audiofile to start!
Read by Erica Forsythe
Music by Royalty Free Music: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music
“Invitation to the Library” was written and recorded by Waseca-Le Sueur Regional Library System, with inspiration from Ariel Dyer at the Bakersfield College Library.
